Bibliograph

A force so swift, Mao, Truman, and the birth of modern China, 1949, Kevin Peraino

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A force so swift, Mao, Truman, and the birth of modern China, 1949, Kevin Peraino

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A force so swift

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

968212519

Responsibility statement

Kevin Peraino

Sub title

Mao, Truman, and the birth of modern China, 1949

Summary

"A compelling year-long narrative of America's response to the fall of Chiang Kai-shek and Nationalist China in 1949, and Mao Zedong and the Communist Party's rise to power, forever altering the world's geopolitical map."--Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Prologue -- Missimo -- The greatest force -- The old devils -- Bedbugs -- The dean -- All the aces -- Riverdale -- Wait, look, see -- A new world -- Heaven and hell -- A vast and delicate enterprise -- Neverland -- Heat -- Killing the tiger -- The great crescent -- Firecracker -- No devil shall escape -- Dig up the dirt -- First lightning -- Risky business -- The voice -- Through a glass, darkly -- A rather spectacular triumph -- A force so swift -- Epilogue, the mills of the gods

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Mao, Truman, and the birth of modern China, 1949

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